Transcript Meet the partners

Overseas Program
Intake 10
Departure August 2012
Working in Development –
Volunteer Secondments with EWB
Where we work and areas
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES
GEOGRAPHIC
TECHNICAL
AUSTRALIA
ICT
TIMOR LESTE
WASH
CAMBODIA
ENERGY
INDIA
LAND / AGRICULTURE
INDONESIA
CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
and more!
NEPAL
VIETNAM
SRI LANKA
Who we are looking for
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Adaptable multi-disciplinary individuals (not just
engineers)
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Committed to a positive impact in communities
through all aspects of their placement
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Welcome the fact that overseas placements
serve a higher purpose of exchanging
information, increasing awareness and
empowering the developing world through
technology
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Understand the ambiguity and challenges
associated with development projects
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Are committed to sharing experiences with
others upon return to Australia
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Have strong leadership skills or potential
Intake 10 - Timeline
March 2012
Advertising commences, applications open
All position descriptions online
http://www.ewb.org.au/getinvolved/volunteer/intake10
April 8th 2012
Applications close, interviews commence
April 2010
Successful applicants notified
Preferred candidate sent to partner organisation for
approval
July 2012
Pre-departure training held in Melbourne
August 2012
Volunteers travel to destinations and start
placements!
Field volunteer roles consist of 3 important phases:
May
2012
PHASE 1
PRE-DEPARTURE
Pre-departure preparation
Link with EWB project team based in Australia
Link with a local EWB chapter
Aug
2012
PHASE 2
FIELD OPERATIONS
Departure
Capture ‘Learning & Change’
Undertake specific role within partner organisation
2013-
PHASE 3
POST FIELD ALUMNI
Return to Australia to collaborate with project team and EWB chapter
Engage through EWB
Mentor
What EWB provides
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Pre-departure training
Living and accommodation expenses
Regular contact and support
Connection with a support Chapter and Knowledge Hubs
Medical and travel expenses and insurances
Links with other EWB volunteers and partner organisations
in-country
Flexible travel dates for you to do personal travel before or
after your placement
What EWB does not provide
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Salaries
At-home expenses while you are
away
Independent travel expenses
Living allowances for partners or
dependents
An in-country office – you will be
working with the partner
organisation
Why volunteer?
create equality
personal growth
culture
travel
learn
connect
create change
give back
design
challenge
career development
build
cooperate
make friends
contribute
exchange
adventure
grow
open your eyes
share
join a community
reduce poverty
Meet the partners
Sunlit Future India
• Sunlit Future has worked as an
integrated service provider to
bring high quality renewable
energy applications and solutions
to both rural and urban India.
•Solar PV Systems Training
Further developing curriculum and
training program with SunlitFuture technical staff.
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Practical Action, Sri Lanka
• An exciting new partner who works on
practical and appropriate solutions for
community development
• They are seeking a water resource and
Hydraulic modeller to assist with the
rehabilitation of dilapidated irrigation
infrastructure
• Anticipating collaborations with
government and universities in Sri Lanka
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Nepal Water for Health
• NEWAH has a vision for improved quality of
life for all Nepali people by improving water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services.
NEWAH are looking for Two placements:
1. Catchment hydrology, groundwater
recharge and Rainwater Harvesting. To
Assist NEWAH staff to establish pilot
catchment level recharge
schemes, Rainwater harvesting projects,
whilst building capacity within NEWAH.
2. Mainstreaming Climate Change
Adaptation. To Work with NEWAH teams
to establish and implement climate change
adaptation plans in different regions.
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Nepal Child Welfare Scheme- Jyoti training college
The Jyoti Vocational Training Centre (JVTC)
aims to give the most disadvantaged young
people a second chance in life, by giving
them the skills and confidence to find a job
and live independently
Solar PV Vocational Curriculum
Development and Training Developing
curriculum and training teaching staff to have
better understanding of solar systems to
provide opportunities for young
disadvantaged Nepalese
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PLAN, Timor Leste
• Plan has been working in Timor-Leste
since 2001, helping poor children to
access their rights to education, health,
livelihoods and protection.
• PLAN are looking for a WASH Field
Construction Advisor
• To Improve local technician's capacity to
undertake technical surveys, hydraulic
analysis and quality construction works
for water supply and sanitation facilities in
rural Timor Leste.
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Dili Institute of Technology, Timor Leste
• DIT’s mission is to offer education,
vocational training, research and service in
science, technology and professions
appropriate to the national development of
Timor Leste and to the socio-economic
progress within the region.
• DIT need a Civil Engineering Advisor,
• to Developing DIT's civil engineering
course, which will involve the development
of curriculum, laboratories, practical
components and teacher training.
• Volunteer placement will include developing
education standards, curricula and syllabi,
laboratory and practical training and
assistance with training of DIT lecturers.
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Aplimentec Timor Leste
• implementing Integrated WASH-NRM
projects at Sub district and district level.
• WASH Field Support Officer
• To build the capacity of local staff to
achieve successful design and
implementation of water supply projects in
rural Timor Leste
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Rainwater, Cambodia
• RainWater Cambodia was established in
2004 to formalise and promote rainwater
harvesting in order to help improve
access to safe water sources and
sanitation in rural areas throughout
Cambodia.
• Water & Sanitation Advisor
• Develop RWC's technical capability in
rainwater harvesting, water supply and
sanitation systems. Supporting their
expansion into renewable energy and
climate change adaptation programs.
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East Meets West
• East Meets West Foundation (EMF) is a
well established NGO in Vietnam, with a
number of successful programs in
education, health, school and hospital
construction, dentistry and water and
sanitation.
• Sanitation Project Field Advisor
• To support monitoring and evaluation staff
to look at technical aspects of latrine
systems in the field. Technical support to
waste management solutions for sludge
removal, handling, distribution and
disposal
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Royal University of Phenom Penh (RUPP)
• Computer Science Technical Support
Advisor
• To support upgrade the computer network
systems and to improve RUPP’s teaching
of computer networking theory and its
applications. Support in microprocessor
theory and its practical applications.
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Live and Learn Environment Education
•An ecological sanitation toilet has been
developed for floating communities on the
Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia.
•Sanitation and Energy Technical Advisor
•To Support and provide advice to Live and
Learn's technical WASH staff especially related to appropriate Sanitation
and Energy options for floating communities.
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Habitat for Humanity Viet Nam
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Habitat for Humanity Viet Nam supports
the approximately 4.6 million poor
households in the country through
building and repairing homes and
financial and technical assistance.
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Require a Sustainable Construction
and Materials Advisor
For Housing Design and construction
material research and trials for low cost
housing in rural Vietnam.
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And a special placement …
Cambodia & Viet Nam Field Officer
• Work directly with EWB and be our
representative on the ground in Cambodia
& Vietnam
• Developing new relationships with
community partners and others in the
development and engineering industry in
Cambodia and Vietnam, while supporting
EWB Volunteers in the field.
• Suitable for an engineer; science;
community or international development
background.
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Australian based Team leader for Carbon Feasibility
• Working With Australian based
Knowledge hub (and technical
partner: RAMP –Carbon) team to
undertake Carbon Finance
Feasibility study for an EWB
partnership.
• Pending outcomes of feasibility,
there will be an opportunity to
travel to partner organisation to
implement the project
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Australian Based Field Volunteer Buddy
Working within the relevant EWB
chapter, the buddy will link Field
Volunteers to the Australian EWB
community.
The buddy will be an Australian
based support role for each EWB
Field Volunteer. Providing all forms of
support, linkages to the chapter,
knowledge hubs and Australian
based networks.
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Australian Based Technical Specialist
Knowledge Hubs 2012/13
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Lead Australian wide team for a thematic
field (e.g. WASH, Energy, ICT etc)
1.Member Engagement
Providing support to regional activities focused on
training and education in appropriate technologies.
This includes the appropriate technology
component of working bee’s in NSW; arduino
training in SEQ; and workshops in Vic.
2.Project Support
Development Knowledge Hubs to coordinate a
buddy system, enabling effective project support to
field volunteers.
3.Community of Practice
Knowledge Hubs will lead regular thematic
conversations in humanitarian engineering through
a variety of media.
Inspired?
Applications are open and they close
8th April
For more information:
www.ewb.org.au
[email protected]
(03) 9696 9040
Thank you!